Date: 18 Mar 2011 03:56:48 -0000 From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: perrin@apotheon.com Subject: Re: How to tell whether CPU supports x64? Message-ID: <20110318035648.63903.qmail@joyce.lan> In-Reply-To: <20110318003037.GB16316@guilt.hydra>
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>> yes that is correct, LM stands for Long Mode which indicates amd64 support. >> If your CPU doesn't list it, it's either a 32 bit only CPU, or it's a bug. > >. . . or maybe it is a 64 bit CPU that is not x86_64/amd64 compatible. >Do IA-64 (Itanium), IBM POWER, and SPARC 64 bit processors use the same >Long Mode functionality? This processor is currently running IA32 code. If you know any dual mode IA32/SPARC chips, I'd be most interested to hear about them. R's, John
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